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How to extract pdf to text as stream with pdf extractor sdk in VB.NET using ByteScout PDF Suite

Continuous learning is a crucial part of computer science and this tutorial shows how to extract pdf to text as stream with pdf extractor sdk in VB.NET

Sample source code below will display you how to manage a complex task like extract pdf to text as stream with pdf extractor sdk in VB.NET. What is ByteScout PDF Suite? It is the bundle that provides six different SDK libraries to work with PDF from generating rich PDF reports to extracting data from PDF documents and converting them to HTML. This bundle includes PDF (Generator) SDK, PDF Renderer SDK, PDF Extractor SDK, PDF to HTML SDK, PDF Viewer SDK and PDF Generator SDK for Javascript. It can help you to extract pdf to text as stream with pdf extractor sdk in your VB.NET application.

The SDK samples given below describe how to quickly make your application do extract pdf to text as stream with pdf extractor sdk in VB.NET with the help of ByteScout PDF Suite. Just copy and paste the code into your VB.NET application’s code and follow the instructions. Use of ByteScout PDF Suite in VB.NET is also described in the documentation included along with the product.

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Program.vb

      Imports System.IO
Imports Bytescout.PDFExtractor

Class Program

    Friend Shared Sub Main(args As String())

        ' Create Bytescout.PDFExtractor.TextExtractor instance
        Dim extractor As New TextExtractor()
        extractor.RegistrationName = "demo"
        extractor.RegistrationKey = "demo"

        ' Load sample PDF document
        extractor.LoadDocumentFromFile(".\sample1.pdf")

        ' Get page count
        Dim pageCount As Integer = extractor.GetPageCount()

        For i As Integer = 0 To pageCount - 1

            ' Create new stream. You can use MemoryStream or any other System.IO.Stream inheritor.
            Dim stream As FileStream = New FileStream(".\page" + i.ToString() + ".txt", FileMode.Create)

            ' Save text from page to the file stream
            extractor.SavePageTextToStream(i, stream)

            ' Close stream
            stream.Dispose()

        Next

        ' Cleanup
		extractor.Dispose()

        ' Open result file in default associated application (for demo purposes)
        System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(".\page1.txt")

    End Sub

End Class